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Farm-to-fork, to protestors with pitchforks: the death of EU’s sustainable food policy FEATURE
The 2019-2024 European Parliament and Commission gave birth to Europe’s Green Deal. Then watched as the key Farm-to-Fork component was watered-down — before going up in smoke in the streets of Brussels.Read on »
Turnout: the highs, the lows, and the outliersANALYSIS
The June 2024 election will show whether 2019’s boost in turnout has halted a 30-year decline — or was just a temporary blip. Read on »
To fight euroscepticism, Europe’s economies need a boostANALYSIS
There are two explanations for growing anti-EU sentiment: the emergence of identity issues and culture wars, plus austerity and economic decline.Read on »
Is there an alternative to the rise of the far right in the EU?
The rise of far-right parties in Europe is a serious concern that threatens the progress we have made in the last decades. Is the only answer for Europe just to go backwards, or is there any chance that we can move forward, towards a more democratic future?Read on »
The European far-right: reasons to be pessimistic — and optimisticANALYSIS
Here are five reasons why and how the far-right will shape the next half decade of European integration, and five reasons to remain (cautiously) optimistic. Read on »
How EU hopes to ‘shield’ elections against Moscow’s propaganda
With people spending an average of seven hours online per day and social media being the main source of information globally, many voters in Europe are likely to encounter disinformation campaigns — ranging from the Russian war in Ukraine to migration to euroscepticism. That risks creating “a red carpet for Putin,” according to EU Commission vice-president Věra Jourová.Read on »
How the EU sought to offshore migration ahead of the elections
Migration is always a major theme at EU elections — not least because the far-right and nationalist parties help make it so, campaigning on little else, despite the cost-of-living crisis and Ukraine war. Here EUobserver takes a deep dive into the recent deals Brussels has done to ‘offshore’ the issue beyond the EU’s borders.Read on »
Another big 2024 election? - India’sANALYSIS
Electorates of 987 million voters (India) and 400 million (Europe) both go to the polls in spring 2024 — what will the results mean for relations between New Delhi and Brussels? Read on »
EU summit pledges 'new competitiveness deal' to counter China and US
EU leaders' summit ended with a call for a "new competitiveness deal” to counter Chinese and US dominance in the global arena — but the level of ambition on further integrating the single market remains to be seen. Read on »
Brexit has driven increased UK medicine shortages, research finds
The fallout from the UK’s exit from the EU has contributed to major medicines shortages in the UK, according to a new report published on Thursday (18 April). Read on »
New EU anti-Russian interference plan: prevention or prosecution?
With the latest foreign interference scandal hitting the European Parliament, Belgian and Czech prime ministers suggest strengthening EU prosecuting agencies. But pro-transparency groups say more prevention is needed. Read on »
Vestager says no to looser merger rules, contradicting Letta
Battlelines were drawn as EU competition commissioner Margarethe Vestager defended merger controls — and slammed the idea that looser rules would improve competitiveness, as suggested in former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta's report 24 hours ago.Read on »
EU rules seen as insufficient to fix nutrient pollutionFEATURE
From rivers and lakes to lagoons and seas, numerous aquatic environments across Europe are grappling with a silent yet ubiquitous threat – an excess of nutrients that disrupt their ecological balance and imperil their very existence. And experts say current policies are not going to fix the problem.Read on »
‘Qatargate’ — a missed opportunity to clean up the European Parliament
The Qatargate corruption scandal, which saw a handful of MEPs arrested by the Belgian police, and the seizure of €1.5m in cash, could have injected momentum into the EU’s transparency agenda — but despite promises of radical reform, including a 14-point plan by parliament president Roberta Metsola to tackle corruption, the results are less impressive than the rhetoric Read on »
Forced return of migrants hurts home countries too
What hasn’t been much discussed is the likely impact of the new EU pact on migration and asylum's more forced returns on migrants’ home communities – and it’s not good news.Read on »
Kyiv opens string of new Africa embassies, in diplomatic push
Ukraine continues to expand its diplomatic footprint in Africa. Read on »
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